Crucial fungi endangered, and other nature and climate stories | World . . . The second-largest kingdom after animals, with 155,000 known species, fungi are being impacted by climate change, as well as by humans, says the IUCN At least 198 types of fungi are at risk of extinction as a result of deforestation, illegal logging and agricultural expansion While over 50 are close to being wiped out in the US due to changing fire patterns
How the sixth extinction crisis can be stalled – or stopped The world has entered the sixth extinction crisis with the loss of species having a devastating impact on the biodiversity crucial to human survival The process of extinction can be stopped by building technology, solutions and processes that can help us secure animal DNA and begin to reverse the damage created by humans Assisted breeding, cloning and genome editing and synthetic genomics
Why wildlife health is the missing link in conservation To date, the emphasis has been mostly on protecting humans and livestock from diseases transmitted by wildlife, but there is a crucial gap in addressing how health threats are impacting wildlife itself Integrating veterinary medicine into conservation efforts is imperative to safeguard endangered populations before irreversible extinction trends take hold There are many models for how
How many species face extinction from climate change? The second most important factor was the extinction debt – the unavoidable extinction of species – as a consequence of habitat loss If a species of tree frog can only reproduce in a particular species of tree, then when the very last tree of that species is cut down, the frog is doomed to extinction